Post-COVID Service
We are a multi-disciplinary team including Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Health Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and support staff.
We offer help and support for people with symptoms of Post-COVID Syndrome, sometimes called Long COVID.
Access to the service is via a referral from your GP.
What does the Post-COVID service offer?
We support people who are struggling with ongoing symptoms of COVID-19. Our aim is to enable you to understand and self-manage your condition better.
We offer an initial assessment followed by individual and/or group rehabilitation, including virtual education sessions covering common symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, and cognitive issues.
We may refer to other specialist services where this is needed.
- Patient information leaflet about the Post-COVID service - Welcome to the Derbyshire Post-COVID Service
- Carer Information and Support - Derbyshire All Age Carers Support Service
- Derbyshire County Council – Guide to Carer Support Leaflet
These short films contain tools and practical tips to give your body the best opportunity to recover after a COVID infection. Think of each film as a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, each piece is a different way to help your recovery. The four main cornerstone videos are: Boosting your sleep, food for recovery, relaxed breathing and energy recharge. You can watch the videos in any order and pick the ones which are relevant for you.
- Introduction: COVID recovery
- Relaxed breathing: COVID recovery
- Boost your sleep: COVID recovery
- Recharge your energy system and manage extreme tiredness: COVID recovery
- Physical activity and when to get moving: COVID recovery
- Managing your cough: COVID recovery
- How to rest properly to help recovery: COVID recovery
- Eating well after illness: COVID recovery
- The connection between your mind and your body: COVID recovery
- Relaxation of your mind and body: COVID recovery
How to refer to the service?
Please complete our new, simplified referral form, attached below and send to us via eRS or email.
Please note: When referring people to the service, please ensure that pre-existing medical conditions are optimised and relevant abnormal tests investigated prior to referral. This is to ensure that other potential causes of symptoms have been ruled out and that residual symptoms are appropriate for management within the post-COVID service.